J.C. Leyendecker, one of the USA's hugely talented early 20th century illustrators, had a regular "gig" providing pleasing and apt illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. (There's an old post partially on Leyendecker HERE.) Particularly memorable were his New Year covers. These depicted the incoming 12 months as a wee baby, appropriately occupied to indicate whatever was expected to be prominent in the year ahead.
Finally...
I've captured a few images of Leyendecker's New Year babes and wonder if, because history is said to rhyme, any of them would, rhyming-wise, be appropriate to what lies before us as we trundle, dazed and confused, into 2017.
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| The general idea |
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| Middle East Concerns? |
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| New Infrastructure jobs? |
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| Attempt to capture peace? |
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| Bringing jobs back to the USA? |
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| Ready for climate change? |
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| Ready for a painful landing? |
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| Under the iron grip of....? |
Finally...
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| Always my favourite! |
